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Only 4 months to go now so time to dust off the spreadsheet, convene the stewards meetings and decide on the Rules and Regulations for 2017.
If any one would like to suggest any changes feel free, but this thread is not democratic and the power hungry despot in charge will as per F1 make his own mind up.

Correctly predicting driver in top 5, but not in correct position 2 pts.

Pole 10 pts
Fastest lap 10 pts

5 Bonus points to be awarded if prediction is made before first practice for the race, times as per BBS clock and actual practice start times.
NOTE - A forecast prior to FP1 can not be changed (even if a late grid penalty occurs). A forecast made after the start of FP1 can be changed with no penalty at any time up to the start of Qualification. A forecast made after the start of Qualification will attract a 10 point penalty.

Therefore, maximum points for a race week are now

(25+18+15+12+10+10+10+5 = 105 Points)

Predictions are welcome by PM, please PM Mike Douglas and I will post them on the thread before the race if this option is used.

Note : Timings are taken as per post or edit times if post is changed.

If you do driver of the day, we are back in Mike. Mitch, PS2 and myself. we feel we need to tweak it a bit, liven it up.
Choose your driver of the day, and get a point for every position gained. No minus points for lost places.

If you do driver of the day, we are back in Mike. Mitch, PS2 and myself. we feel we need to tweak it a bit, liven it up.
Choose your driver of the day, and get a point for every position gained. No minus points for lost places.

Maurizio Arrivabene has been replaced as Ferrari team principal by former technical boss Mattia Binotto. Arrivabene had held the role for four years and a Ferrari statement said the decision was made by "the company's top management after lengthy discussions."
Binotto takes immediate charge and Ferrari said "all technical areas will continue to report directly" to him.

Ferrari failed to win either title in 2018 amid a series of driver and management errors.
Arrivabene, 61, had been boss of the team since December 2014, joining from main sponsor, the tobacco giant Philip Morris, where he was a vice-president. He was in charge of Ferrari while the team enjoyed a revival in competitiveness in the last two seasons.
But he was widely seen within F1 as a Ferrari figurehead only, with the real power instead resting with former president Sergio Marchionne, who masterminded a reshuffle of the technical department in 2016 but died from complications during surgery for cancer last July.

Marchionne's intention before his death had been to remove Arrivabene and replace him with Binotto, who had led the team's technical department to a series of widely copied design innovations since 2016.

McLaren have appointed German Andreas Seidl as the new boss of their struggling Formula 1 team. Seidl's recruitment in the new role of managing director is the latest in a series of management changes aimed at making McLaren competitive again. The 46-year-old, ex-boss of Porsche's World Endurance Championship team, will join "during 2019", reporting to chief executive officer Zak Brown. Brown said Seidl was "a highly capable leader with a track record of success". He added: "It is another important step in our F1 performance recovery plan and long-term commitment to F1."
Seidl, who worked in F1 for BMW from 2000-09, does not yet have a specific start date because McLaren have yet to agree a leaving date with Porsche.

The man appointed as the new boss of Renault's Formula 1 programme has left the French car company before even taking up his new position. Thierry Koskas was named president of Renault Sport in November, and attended the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on a fact-finding mission.
But 18 days after he was due to start work, Renault announced Kostas' departure from the entire group. Jerome Stoll, who had been due to retire, will continue as president. A spokesperson for Renault Sport shed no further light on the situation, but emphasised the move effectively meant the F1 team continued as before under Stoll and managing director, and de facto team boss, Cyril Abiteboul.